Congratulations to the

2016 LUMEN AWARD RECIPIENTS

On June 16, 2016, the IESNYC announced the recipients of the 2016 Lumen Awards at the 48th annual Lumen Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers. Fourteen Lumen Awards were presented and the winners were publicly recognized for their professionalism, excellence and originality in lighting design. Approximately 900 members of the lighting community and affiliated design industries attended the gala — a record-breaker this year. The Gala was the winners night to shine and everyone's night to bask in the glow of all the festivities of a most illuminating evening! 

Award of Excellence

Covington & Burling
Washington, DC

LIGHTING DESIGN
Fisher Marantz Stone
Charles G. Stone II, Paula Martinez-Nobles, Katheryn Czub

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Photography: Prakash Patel Photography

Award of Excellence

Lincoln Square Synagogue
New York, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson, Ellen Sears, David Burya

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Photography: David Sundberg/Esto

Award of Merit

85 Broad Street
New York, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
One Lux Studio 
Stephen Margulies, Adriana Amendolara

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Photography: Eric Laignel

Award of Merit

The Broad
Los Angeles, CA

LIGHTING DESIGN
Tillotson Design Associates 
Suzan Tillotson, Erin Dreyfous, Megan Pfeffer Trimarchi

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Photography: John Muggenborg Photography

Award of Merit

Grace Farms
New Canaan, CT

LIGHTING DESIGN
BuroHappold Engineering
Gabe Guilliams, Pei-Chun Yang, Nick Mykulak, Chris Coulter

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Photography: Iwan Baan Photography

Award of Merit

Hillman Hall at Washington University
St. Louis, MO

LIGHTING DESIGN
BuroHappold Engineering
Gabe Guilliams, Nick Mykulak

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Photography: Gabe Guilliams

Award of Merit

Hyundai Capital Services – OnAir and Open Studio
Seoul, Korea

LIGHTING DESIGN
KGM Architectural Lighting
Martin van Koolbergen, Dayuan Fu

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Photography: Nacasa & Partners, Inc.

Award of Merit

Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge
Nashville, TN

LIGHTING DESIGN
Domingo Gonzalez Associates
Domingo Gonzalez, Nancy Lok, Phat Quach

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Photography: Bob Schatz

Citation for Daylighting

Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing
Corning, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Arup
Matt Franks, Star Davis

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Photography: Iwan Baan Photography

Citation for Skillful Illumination of a Historical Façade

Daryl Roth Theatre
New York, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Francesca Bettridge, Michael Hennes, Jeff Hoenig

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Photography: David Sundberg/Esto

Citation for Historical Interpretation

NBCUniversal Lobby and Mezzanine Restoration
New York, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Cooley Monato Studio
Renée Cooley, Adam Kroll, Natalia Lesniak

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Photography: Paul Warchol

Citation for Elegant and Restrained Restoration

Terminal A at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Washington, DC

LIGHTING DESIGN
ICRAVE Lighting
Renée Joosten, Patricia Vallejo

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Photography: Giulio Calisse, ICRAVE

Citation for Temporary Art Installation

ROIL
Brooklyn, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Christine Sciulli, Artist

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Photography: Etienne Frossard 

Citation for Historical Restoration

The Sherry-Netherland
New York, NY

LIGHTING DESIGN
Orsman Design, Inc.
Nathan Orsman

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Photography: Michael Stavaridis 

About the Lumen Awards

The IESNYC Lumen Awards program was conceived and managed by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society in 1968. It was developed to publicly recognize lighting design members whose exceptional professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design has culminated in some of the world’s most innovative lighting projects.



Awards are presented in the following categories:
Lumen Award of Excellence
The highest level of recognition for permanent architectural application.

Lumen Award of Merit
Meritorious recognition for permanent architectural application.

Lumen Citation
Special recognition for an art installation, technical detail, portion of a single project, temporary installation or other work.